חָפַשׂ chaphas
Hebrew word for “to search” · Strong’s H2664 · used 23 times in 20 verses
Meaning
1) to search, search for, to search out, disguise oneself;
How it is translated
Glosses given for chaphas in context, with how often each is used:
- disguised himself 5
- searched 3
- will search 2
- will disguise myself 2
- will search for 2
- will search out 1
- search 1
- disguises itself 1
- plot 1
- plotted 1
- searching 1
- searched for 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Kings | 4 | 0.3 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Genesis | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Obadiah | 1 | 3.4 | |
| Zephaniah | 1 | 1.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
1 Kings 20 (2), Genesis 31 (1), Genesis 44 (1), 1 Samuel 23 (1), 1 Samuel 28 (1), 1 Kings 22 (1), 2 Kings 10 (1), 2 Chronicles 18 (1), 2 Chronicles 35 (1), Job 30 (1)
Forms
- ויתחפשׂ 4
- ויחפשׂ 3
- התחפשׂ 3
- אחפשׂ 2
- וחפשׂתי 1
- וחפשׂו 1
- חפשׂו 1
- יתחפשׂ 1
- יחפשׂו 1
- מחפשׂ 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chaphas more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- לָבֵשׁ lavash “to clothe” 3
- אִם im “if” 5
- בֶּגֶד beged “garment” 3
- עַיִן ayin “eye” 4
- חָבָא chava “to hide” 2
- נֵר ner “lamp” 2
- יְהוֹשָׁפָט yehoshaphat “Jehoshaphat” 2
- דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 3
- יֵשׁ yesh “there” 2
- עִם im “with” 3
- לַיְלָה laylah “night” 2
- לֵבָב levav “heart” 2
Key verses
The verses using chaphas that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Samuel 23:23 — See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it…
- 1 Samuel 28:8 — And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine…
- 1 Kings 20:6 — Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that…
- 1 Kings 22:30 — And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised…
- 2 Chronicles 35:22 — Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the…
- Psalms 64:6 — They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
- Psalms 77:6 — I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
- Proverbs 2:4 — If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
- Proverbs 28:12 — When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
- Lamentations 3:40 — Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
- Amos 9:3 — And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea,…
- Zephaniah 1:12 — And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart,…
See all 20 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.